"Could I possibly look more liberal?"
Posted on 05/24/2010 4:22:08 PM PDT by AlanD
Former Washington state Sen. Dino Rossi (R) will run against Sen. Patty Murray (D) this year, giving Senate Republicans a top-tier recruit in one of a handful of potential targets left on the campaign map.
Rossi was expected to officially announce his bid Wednesday, according several GOP sources. He is widely seen as the strongest potential opponent to Murray, with the Republican bench in the state quite thin.
But recently, former NFL player Clint Didier, who has aggressively courted tea party activists, landed the endorsement of former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin.
Rossi, who lost gubernatorial races in 2004 and 2008, has been weighing the race for months -- much to the chagrin of some Republicans who wanted him to make a decision earlier in the cycle. But with his likely entry into the race, Republicans now have a candidate they think will put the race in play this cycle.
Even with Palin's endorsement, it will be tough for a candidate like Didier to catch on, especially with the state's unusual top-two primary system. The system allows the top two vote-getters to proceed to the general, regardless of party affiliation.
Rossi is among the most popular Republicans in the state. In 2004 and again in 2008, losing to Gov. Christine Gregoire (D) in the closest gubernatorial race in U.S. history.
Murray is no easy out. Elected in 1992 with 54 percent, she was heavily targeted by Senate Republicans in 1998 and 2004 but won with 58 percent and 55 percent respectively. She ended March with nearly $6 million on hand.
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Rossi, who lost gubernatorial races ....
No, actually is was stolen in broad daylight.
This is a completely different article.
Dino Rossi is the man.
I hope to hell you aren’t in my state.
Not the rematch. He got beat handily
"Could I possibly look more liberal?"
Sure, I believe everything the Washington Compost tells me too.
two strong candidates going against one another in the primary.....I hate it....
mY gawd...she looks like a morlock!!!!
or the salt creature from classic Star Trek.
Patty Murray--Dec, 2002
And when will DeMint toss his weight behind Rossi? And will the usual suspects demand his head on a plate?
Looks like a different author and paper to me. Just sayin’.
Tis true. My mistake
BTW, looks like Jim DeMint has pretty much said where he's going to throw his support:
Who is 'our' support, Jim?
No worries. Saem subject, different author articles get posted over and over ad nauseum at FR (unfortunately).
Then they'll hit up the street people, give them all the same address. Then they have to get a box of ballots ready to "discover" under a desk or in a trunk of a car.
Sorry for being so cynical but having gone through all of the above over and over again, I have little hope for a Republican victory.
Any state that would elect Patty Murray deserves Patty Murray.
“Any state that would elect Patty Murray deserves Patty Murray.”
You get today’s Stupidity Award.
Any country that would elect Barack Obama deserves Barack Obama.??
Let’s not be stuck on stupid.
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